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CVE-2019-5879

Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions in Google Chrome prior to 77.0.3865.75 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to read local files via a crafted Chrome Extension.

  • Published: Nov 25, 2019
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2019-5879
  • Severity: Medium
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 6.5
  • AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 4.3
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
google / chrome - 77.0.3865.75